UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Nissan Professorship of Modern Japanese Studies

The electors intend to proceed to an election to the Nissan Professorship of Modern Japanese, which falls vacant with effect from 1 October 2003 upon the retirement of Professor Arthur Stockwin. Applications are invited from specialists in any of the disciplines in which the Nissan Institute currently specialises and has built up library collections, viz.: economics, modern history, politics/international relations, and social anthropology/sociology. The successful applicant will be an outstanding scholar, capable of leading academics in an interdisciplinary area, and will possess research interests in modern Japan in one or more of these disciplines. He or she will possess a sound knowledge of the Japanese language, sufficient for research in both primary and secondary sources. A non-stipendiary fellowship at St Antony's College is attached to the professorship. Further particulars may also be accessed on the Web (URL: http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/). Applications (ten copies, or one only from overseas candidates), naming three persons (with postal and E-mail addresses and telephone/fax numbers) who have agreed to act as referees on this occasion, should be received not later than 18 November 2002 by the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, from whom further particulars may be obtained.